Improvement in wash-boilers



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

PAUL M. BURNS, OF FREETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 81,134, dated August18, 1868.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,PAUL M. BURNS, of Freetown, in the county of Bristoland State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Hydraulic Clothes-Washers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof7 reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in a sprinkler, to evenly saturate the clotheswith water, for cleansing and bleaching them, and in a device forholding the clothes down in the boiler.

Figure l is a view of a wash-boiler and hydraulic apparatus with myinvention applied to it. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my invention.

A Fig. l, is the wash-boiler in common use;

B B', thehydraulic apparatus inside the boiler,

neither of which do I claim. C is the sprinkler. This is a cylindricaltube, perforated with holes a a', &c., in the lower half 5 D D D D',

arms for holding down the clothes.

Operation: The wash-boiler A and the hydraulic apparatus B B' beingconstructed in the well known manner, with the sprinkler slipped ontothe tubes B B of the hydraulic apparatus, the operation of my inventionmay be noted. The holes being in the lower half of the sprinkler, thewater is evenly showered on the clothes, and the arms prevent them fromrising, as will be observed without further speciiication.

In this invention I do not claim the hydraulic apparatus as myinvention, neither do I confine to any particular forni or number ofarms to hold down the clothes. They may be made as shown, or in anypractical form.

I am aware of the subject of the United States Patent No. 62,084,wherein a perforated partition is employed to keep the clothes in theboiler below the holes of discharge of the hot water upon them, andtherefore I make no claim to the invention described in such patent. Iemploy the arms D in the place of such a partition, such arms beingproductive of an advantage not attainable by such partition-that is,they admit of a stirrer being therewith driven between the clothes, andof their being turned or moved about therebya matter which is of greatimportance. Therefore,

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The cylindrical sprinkler C', applied to a wash-boiler, and providedwith holes a on the lower half of its surface, and arms D for holdingdown the clothes, the whole arranged and operating substantially asdescribed.

- PAUL M. BURNS. Witnesses:

S. VAN GAMPEN, JNO. DAvIs.

